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Video: What do people in People’s Park think of plan to put housing there?

Some people who spend time in the storied Berkeley park acknowledge the need for housing but worry about the park’s future; others say the plan should not go ahead, period.

by Chris Polydoroff May 04, 2018, 7:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

After the news broke that UC Berkeley was moving ahead with its plan to build student housing in People’s Park, which it owns, Chris Polydoroff headed down to the storied Southside spot to take a video snapshot of what people in and around the park thought of the idea.

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Chris Polydoroff is a photographer and video producer who recently moved to California by way of Washington D.C., Minnesota and North Carolina. He worked as a staff photographer for 27 years at the Saint... More by Chris Polydoroff

Video: What do people in People’s Park think of plan to put housing there?

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